Goodbye IBM Notes: Australian Securities & Investment Commission
Thu, Dec 8th 2016 7:19p Gregg EldredThe Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) has completed a proof of concept using Microsoft Office 365, and will be moving their mail and applications from IBM to the Microsoft cloud. Perhaps most limiting of all, it has left ASIC glued to its ageing Lotus Notes system and the capability of its platform lagging well […]

Four Days and 1169 Miles
Mon, Jun 6th 2016 9:34p Gregg EldredThe 2016 riding season started a while ago, however I really kicked it off 2-5 June with a 1169 mile journey through Michigan. There was a STAR Touring and Riding event at Boyne Mountain Resort in Michigan which was the focal point of the ride. Geoff and I met in Avon Lake, over breakfast, on […]

Warren Buffett: “Owning IBM shares could prove a mistake”
Fri, Mar 4th 2016 1:01p Gregg EldredBerkshire, which held an 8.59 percent stake in IBM as of Dec. 31, 2015, said in an annual shareholder letter on Saturday that it planned to keep that stake despite a $2.6-billion paper loss at the end of last year. Buffett told the cable television network he did not think he was wrong for owning […]

“I went to IBM Connect and saw Verse . . . “
Wed, Feb 10th 2016 1:55p Gregg EldredThis is a very positive article, but one that concerns me. It should raise flags within IBM, if they follow their products in the news. I attended IBM Connect last week, where I checked out one of the most interesting products you’ve likely never heard of — a new email offering called “IBM Verse.” While […]

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CIO: Can IBM redefine the future of email?
Fri, Feb 5th 2016 2:53p Gregg EldredI was in the middle of the great email battle between Microsoft and IBM [Disclosure: Microsoft and IBM are clients of the author] in the 1990s and there really wasn’t much competition. Microsoft had Exchange, which had its greatest power in its focus on users. IBM bought Lotus to get Notes, which had stronger administration […]

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Outside Looking In: GURUpalooza and Ask The Product Managers
Thu, Feb 4th 2016 6:48p Gregg EldredThrough the wonders of technology, I was able to attend this year’s GURUpalooza and Ask the Product Managers at Connect 2016. I think it was an excellent use of Periscope and it also allowed me to better understand both sessions. After watching both, I have some opinions from this year’s editions. First, and easiest, Ask The […]